Inside are the bones of countless fish and birds, along with several species of protected sharks and crabs.
Funded by Natural England, the Broads Authority hopes stonewort, pondweed and lilies will return to the area, along with a more diverse selection of fish and birds including the booming bittern.
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But she noted that with the spill moving toward land, the impact on Louisiana's coastline, which contains some 40% of the nation's wetlands and spawning grounds for countless fish and birds, had to be considered.
The grasses are important because they provide food and habitat for fish, birds and other species.
In 1972, on the basis of data on toxicity to fish and migrating birds (but not to humans), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned virtually all uses of DDT.
Scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have found that organochlorine chemicals appear to be killing birds and fish near Lake Apopka, Fla.
The Louisiana wetlands -- the nursery to fish, birds and shellfish and the foundation of life in the Gulf -- are eroding before our eyes.
The 1, 875-acre site is a refuge to native and endangered plants, birds and fish.
Then bypass high-priced and controversial vertebrates like fish, reptiles, dinosaurs and birds.
Organizers say they'll start to accept cats and smaller animals such as hamsters, birds and fish into the shelter.
Men are closely related to animals, especially mammals, in the Torah: Both are created on the sixth day, and both are created from the earth (unlike other living creatures like birds and fish which are created without reference to preexisting material).
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Together with the island's other ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, coral reefs and sandy shores, the mangroves serve as a habitat for a variety of birds, fish and plants.
Fewer plankton make it harder for the fish, and therefore the birds, to survive.
In Myanmar, where Buddhist temples and monks proliferate, merit is attained through good deeds such as the release of caged birds and trapped fish.
There were occasional sightings of birds and fish and flies, but nothing that Max could reach or much less eat.
These are home to many species of birds and fish, some endangered.
Many of the birds, fish and animals that consume this water, depending on the amount of hazardous chemicals leaked into the pond or stream they drink from, will die quickly or slowly.
The problem has long been recognized, and the aforementioned Habitats Directive -- a corollary of the 1979 Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats -- introduced a range of measures aimed at protecting endangered species (including plants, birds and fish as well as mammals).
It has diverse ecosystems with many marine and coastal species of seagrass, coral reefs, fish used both for consumption and for sale, sea birds, turtles, cetaceans, and mangroves.
Hall warns that people should avoid contact with any sick or dead birds and avoid eating fish caught in the area.
They heard how mathematicians have found that the urge to synchronize works inside flocks of birds, schools of fish and certain inorganic objects.
"The birds are preying on the fish in ditches and small pools northeast of the lake, " said Dale Hall, acting regional director for the Southeastern Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust said more than 160 birds had died under the conditions and thousands of fish had been washed up on beaches in the past two months.
Since their return, the fish-eating birds of prey have generated a lot of interest, and volunteers and the Forestry Commission are now providing daily updates via a blog.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conservatively estimates that wind turbines already kill 440, 000 birds in the United States each year, even while providing just a tiny portion of U.S. electricity.
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Remember, with respect to birds, or fish, or marine mammals, or many insects, even amphibians and reptiles, for example: they do not acknowledge arbitrary human boundaries.
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Guldberg says as scientists see ocean currents change, fish and squid carried in those currents often move farther offshore too far for the mutton birds to reach them.
They concluded that such upwellings might indeed account for the catastrophic fish deaths, but that they would not explain the deaths of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, since these animals breathe air rather than relying on dissolved oxygen.
Coastal fisherman know that when a flock of seagulls is circling and diving into the sea a school of bluefish is often driving bait fish towards the surface and the anglers hasten to cast their lines into the frothy water beneath the screeching birds.
As fleets decline and the EU brings in new rules about discarding unwanted fish, there are fewer easy pickings for the birds at sea.
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